Manuscript, copying of the book Luchot Edut, essays and rabbinic letters defending R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz, in the amulet polemic which arose against him, printed in Altona, 1755. [The Hague?], 1755.
A decorated title page at the beginning of the manuscript contains the text of the printed title page set in a colored geometric frame, with the addition of an inscription by the copyist, Yisrael Falk of The Hague, attesting to having copied the work in 1755 from the Altona edition, due to its scarcity.
Neat Ashkenazic script. The present copying was produced in 1755, the year the first edition was printed, in the lifetime of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. As the copyist states on the title page, the book was already scarce at the time.
Luchot Edut comprises essays, letters and proclamations from rabbis and community leaders who supported R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz after the later was falsely accused of Sabbatianism by R. Yaakov Emden, due to amulets he had written. The book opens with a foreword by R. Yehonatan, in which he describes how the dispute evolved.
The present manuscript contains a copying of the book until leaf 47 (the book originally comprised: [12], 2-78 leaves).
Inscription at top of title page: "Aharon".
[1], 47 leaves. 23 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Stamps. Original binding, damaged.